Put $1,000 into UGC videos for a new vibe-coded app

David BarnardIs there a middle path

David BarnardOr should there be a middle path though where, I mean, even with my little vibe coded app that I've been working on the last three months, I've probably spent a thousand plus dollars on my $200 anthropic subscription, my $200 ChatGPT subscription, and I put $1,000 into UGC and I wasn't expecting a big outcome on that, but at some point you do need some money. These things aren't free. To get the ball rolling with scaling, you probably do need 10, $20,000 to be investing. And that's on the way low end. If you're going to try and scale paid ads, you need probably a couple hundred thousand. Is there a middle road for products that are showing traction but aren't venture scale but can move fast? Curtis, that's a great example. Could $300,000 four years ago helped him shortcut two years of slow growth and pain? And should there be a product for that?

David BarnardWhat's the middle road?